彼得潘男孩还是女孩？
Peter有“男孩”和“女孩”两种意思，但一般指男孩。 【说明】在《彼得·潘》中，作者把Peter描述成一个性格古怪、活泼可爱的男孩子（a mischievous boy）。但是很多人不知道的是，“Peter Pan”一词在原作中指的是“女孩”！ 在J.M. Barrie的原作中，Peter是女孩子的名字(Pan is feminine)！ 在原著第一句话中，John说妈妈“疯”了（panted），因为妈妈一直给John和小女儿Molly讲关于“Peter”的故事。
原文： The Children of the Street ，by J.M. Barrie， Chapter XIII (searchable text here ) The children were sitting on the steps to their home when Peter came by and asked them what they were doing. “We are making a new toy for you”， said one of the girls， “and it’s all made of sugar-plums and spice cake and holly leaves and berries. Isn’t it nice？ But we can’t finish it before tomorrow morning as we want to decorate it with moss and lichen”(13) 这里，Barrie特意用了“girls”（女孩们）来形容这些孩子们。
同样，在原著第二章节中，当Nana（保姆）训斥John没有好好玩而一直在读书时，也是用的“girl”来形容Peter的： The Naughty Boy ，by J.M. Barrie …the moment he saw his sister he flew at her like a little dragon； but she was too quick for him and had him by both ears and was pulling his hair（15） 而在原著的第8章，Peter还因为偷吃果酱而被妈妈惩罚： The Lost Girl ，by J.M. Barrie The mother was very angry with Peter. “You naughty， naughty girl！” she cried， “you have hurt Molly so that she cannot walk， and now you will not tell us where you have been or what you have done. I won't have your horrid lies. You must go up to bed immediately and think what a wicked thing you have done"（20） 如果Peter是个女孩子的话，上面的情节简直完美契合。